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JOHN ZIMMERMAN, OF PHLAllELPl-HA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNGR TO illlin5rilllilliiiji 'lh-tlili'flli' hilill'i, A CORPOHA'liON @Fi-ENN- Sli'LVAN I A.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented net. 2o, 190s.

Application led January 18,1905. Serial No. 241,538.

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i wnrps 1 are secured in the lower cloth 5 by Be it known that l, .lonN Ziunnnunx, n

lennsi'lvnnin. have invented n new nnd useful Woven Iile Fnhrie, ol' whieh the followingy is n speeiiiention,

My invention relates to eutile fnbries: :ind it eonsists in weaving n. ouble cloth :liter the mnnner hereinafter described, und illustrated in the neeompnnying drnwings. in whie l1 w Figures l und 2 represent longitudinali vertienl set-tions ottuy improved t'nhrie, showing different forms.

Similar numerals ot' rei'erenee indiente eorres onding pnrts in the tigures.

[iii my present invention n pile wnrp l when used in markingr pile engages eneh ot' the weft f thrends 2 und 4 ot the inner row ot' wefts oi' earch cloth, und n stuti'er-wnrp passes directly between the outer und inner row ot" wefts in euch cloth. For exam ile, ns seen in Figi.. 1, Studer-worp 7 is situated between the outer wefts 6 und the, inner wefts 2. The object of my present invention is to hind together in a single shed two weft-threads of the inner row of weits with ono weit-thread of the outer row of wefts, securing also the Studer-warp und the pile-win which is between the two weft-threads o the inner row oi? wefts. it'will be seen that there uro two portions of the pile-warp between the weftthrsods oi the inner row of wefts and that encitweft-thrcnd of eneh outer` row ot wefts wiilibo bound to the two wefbthresds oi each inner row of wefts at the sparco between the sai'djftwo inner weft-threads. It is nopnrent that? by thus binding one outer wett-truand to two ,inner weft-threads o, very durable cloth wiil be produced in which the ditierent threads nro irmi, bound together.

Referring-to the drawings, in Fig. i, i illustrato the construction or o. double fabric whose pile-Warps 1 are ot but one color and' orepnssed over the weft-threads 2 in tho nppe'r -cloth. 3 ond below the weit-threads 4in tho `owor cloth 5 during the proceus of Weaving;l inter osed between the weit-threads 2 ond 6 are, t 1e stuor or body warps 7, which with the pilofwarps 1 oro secured in the upper cloth 3 by thebinding-Wsrps 8. interposed between the weft-threads 4 and 9 are the stiiior or body warps 10, which with the pilethe binding-wnrps 11. in the illustration show that the binder-wnrp erosses between the fillings every three picks, the wefts 2 with the pile Forming wnrps around them, the weft A'ti arranged between but above the center of the wefts 2 to form n lock for the purpose of pinching the pile-warp firmly, so as to prevent. it from ulling` out after it is eut.

in Fig. 2 I 1llustrnte the method employed when more than one color is desired in the figure or pile warp. In the present instance Ylv indiente the employment of tive colors in the tignre -or pile warps. 'lhe upper Cloth 12 tween whieh two lutter nre the piie-wiu'ps 15, lo, 1T, l.\, and t9 und also the stufl'er or body wnrp 20. The lower cloth 21 consists ofthe wett-threads 22 und 23, between which tfwo lutter nre the piie-wnrps l5 to 19, both inclusive, und also the stutter or body warp 24. it is to he noted thnt when the warps lure introdueed into the pile they nre assed over the wefts i3 und under the we ts 22, sind when they nre not to nppenr in the ile they are retained bet\\' een the weft-(hren s 13 and it untii again wanted in the pile, when they i'ollow the eourse hereinbeiore described, the

sanne being the ensc with theI pile-warps 16. W hen the pilc-wnrps 17, 18, sind 19 are to op* peni` in the pile, they are passed from below 'the weft-threads 22 and up over the weftthreods 13 und under the weft-threads 22, :rnd wiien not wanted in the piie they tirare-- tained between the weft-threads 22 and 23 until ngnin wanted in the pile, when they foilow the course hereinbeforc described. The several wnrps und wefts in the hp er cloth i2 nre seeureiy heid in position by t o binding wnrps 25, and those in the lower cioth 21 are held by the binding-worps 26.

Tho pile is cut in the usual manner during the prt-cess of weaving, so as to produce two distinct fabrics when finished, or this can be dono after the cloth is ofi tho looni by innehino specially constructed for that purpose.

it is apparent that in ein-h foco or pinne.

the number of wefts in the inner row. is twice the nui-uber of wefts in the outer row, and one of the outer row of wetfts, together with the pile and body warp, is firmly fastened to two weits of the inner row by blndin v-ivnr s which pass iiiternutely above one we t of t o.

outer row and under two wefts of the inner roo IOS

row. Owing to the relative position of these Wefts, one of them beingl centrally located above the other two,l the binding-warps will wedge the three wefts together and fasten the Warps and the Wett-S much more securely together 'than has been done heretofore.

It will be evident that Various changes mayT be made by those skilled in the art which will come within` the scope of my invention, and-'I- d not, therefore', desire to be, limited in every instance to the exact form herein shown and, described.

Having tlius described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. In a double-pile/fabrie having a double upper and adouble lower weft plane, abodywarp interposed between the weft-threads' in each plane, a pile-warp engaging adjoining wefts of the inner rows of Wefts singly and binding-warps passing alternately over one of the weft-threads ofthe outer rowo-wefts and under two of the weft-.threads of the inner row. owefts in each plane.

- 2. In a double-pile fabric, inner and outer rows of weftthreads, a stuifer passing between said rows, pile-Warps assed around each of the inner weft-three S and binderwarps bindin two inner weft-threads and one outer we t-thread inpne shed, whereby the two inner weft-threads with the pile- Warps lapped around theni are tightly bound side by si e with the outer weft-thread bound with the two4 inner weft-threads at the junction of the same.

3. In a double-pile fabric, weft-threads arranged in inner and outer planes, a bindingwarp uniting a group of inner weft-threads in one` plane to outer weft-threads, end a pilewarp uniting all of the inner weft-threads' in the -tWo inner planes with a grouping differing in number from that embraced in the inner plane by the binding-warp.

4. In a double-pile fabric, inner and outer planes of weft-threads, a binding-warp unitlng a plurality of inner weft-threads to single outer weft-threads and a pile-warp passing around ueach of the inner weft-threedsindividually.

5. In a pile fabric, weft-threads in two planes, pile-warps evenly distributed between the wefts and lapped around weft-threads in one plane and Warps binding wefts of the said plane to'wefts in the other plane in a diii'erent grouping from that in which the pile- Warps lap them. JOHN ZIL'IMERMAN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, C. D. MOVAY. 

